This doesn't sound like pair programming to me - it just sounds like a mandatory code review by just one (sometimes two) people.
But what the hell, it's got an acronym - someone pump out some certification documents and let's make some cash selling this methodology to project managers who are eager to paradigm outside the box.
Something thats been on my list of potential project ideas for a long time is a suite of tools built for distributed teams. From this article, I am now convinced that this problem needs solving.
But what the hell, it's got an acronym - someone pump out some certification documents and let's make some cash selling this methodology to project managers who are eager to paradigm outside the box.